NEW DELHI: Former Home Minister P Chidambaram today attacked Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing him of resorting to a completely distorting Hindu terror remarks to blame the former UPA government. He said former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in the UPA regime had questioned Hindu terror in a very different context but Singh's statement was a completely diversionary argument. Chidambaram said Shinde made a statement outside...

AHMEDABAD: The condition of National BJP general secretary Rajnath Singh, who was injured in a road accident on Sunday, is stable, Civil Hospital sources said on Monday. "All necessary tests have been conducted and he is absolutely fine," the sources said, adding that Singh would be kept under observation for 24 hours. Singh escaped with minor injuries even as his driver Sanjay Naik died and two of his companions seriously injured when their car collided with a state roadways luxury bus near...

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), enthused by what it believes to be significant tailwinds in its favour, had decided in advance on the anointment of Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial face soon after the monsoon session of Parliament, party president Rajnath Singh said. "The reason for this (the decision on Modi) is because Lok Sabha elections are not far and we don't have much time left. Campaigning across the country would take substantial time...

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday launched a frontal attack on the Congress by claiming in the Lok Sabha that that UPA government had "weakened India's fight against terrorism" by coining the term 'Hindu terror.' His politically loaded remarks that came a day after Yakub Memon's execution, triggered loud protests from the Congress, minutes after it had halted its ongoing agitation to facilitate the minister to make a...

NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh's accusation that the term "Hindu terrorism" was coined during UPA rule unleashed a war of words today with Congress alleging distortion and that it was being raised by BJP to "polarise" the country while the latter raked up Rahul Gandhi's remarks on radical groups. Congress leader Sushil Kumar Shinde , the former Union Home Minister, denied having used the word "Hindu terrorism" in Parliament during the UPA...

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today underwent tests at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) where he was admitted with complaints of abdominal pain. Doctors performed colonoscopy on him along with few other tests. Colonoscopy is an endoscopic examination of the large intestine and the distal part of the small bowel. "He underwent colonoscopy test this morning. His condition is perfectly stable. He will be discharged by the afternoon," said a senior...

LUCKNOW: BJP President Rajnath Singh's effort to highlight his close links with Lucknow led to some speculation. He said: "Its composite culture is an example of Hindu-Muslim unity. There is a Lord Hanuman temple in Aliganj colony that wasn't built by the Hindus, but by Muslims. " "I have worked for many years in Lucknow... My heart is in Lucknow and UP only," he said. These remarks, coming just ahead of polls, triggered speculation that Singh is preparing to take the plunge from...

NEW DELHI: Hitting back at Home Minister Rajnath Singh after he accused the erstwhile UPA dispensation of weakening the fight against terorrism, Congress today charged him with dividing Parliament by making a political speech on terror, against which "the entire country is one". Leader of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge accused the government of "doing politics" over terrorism and asserted that his party will not tolerate it. He urged Deputy Speaker M...

NEW DELHI: Yakub Memon , the Mumbai blasts convict who was hanged today, got every opportunity to express his point of view in different forums, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said and asked people to be united on issues like terrorism. "We must take terrorism as a challenge and should not project ourselves as divided so that we can succeed in defeating it," he told reporters here. Singh said it was for the first time in world's history that...

NEW DELHI: Just about anyone who matters, from first citizen Pranab Mukherjee to cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, visited 10 Rajaji Marg on Tuesday to pay respects to A P J Abdul Kalam . But more than the sea of red beacons outside his residence, it was the ocean of humanity waiting for hours for a last glimpse that truly summed up the popularity of the People's President. People had started gathering at the venue before noon. By 3.30pm, half-an hour before...

BHOPAL: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh here today expressed confidence about the ongoing operation against the terrorists in Gurdaspur district of Punjab and said that the situation is under control. "I am confident about the operation which is underway and the situation is under control," the home minister told reporters at the airport here before heading for Neemuch to attend the CRPF Raising Day Function. Singh said he had spoken to ...

NEW DELHI: Raising concern over the alleged "attempt to mow down" AAP Delhi chief Dilip Pandey by a city police van, a delegation of party leaders today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the matter and "deteriorating" law and order situation in the capital. AAP leader Kumar Vishwas , who along with Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh, Durgesh Pathak and Dilip Pandey, met the minister here said, they have also handed over a...

By Aman Sharma "Sushmaji, we are with you. " Early on June 14, Rajnath Singh was the first to call external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj with this assurance after news broke that she had granted a "favour" to the controversial Lalit Modi. Within a couple of hours, Singh was the first to speak out in her defence. Two days later, Singh pulled a coup of sorts by bringing Swaraj and finance minister Arun Jaitley to the same table in his office...

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today wished people on the occasion of Eid. In a message, the Home Minister said that the auspicious occasion will bring joy, happiness and peace to everyone. The Home Minister also greeted people through an Instagram video message on this occasion. In a separate message, the Home Minister greeted everyone on the occasion of Nabakalebar Rath Yatra in Puri.